John Obitts

Manager of Information Systems

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Westville, Florida, United States

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Timeline
About me
Currently serves as IT Project Manager for Lennar Corporation
Education
- University of Alabama at Birmingham - Graduate School of Business
  1987 - 1991
  MBA Business Administration
- The University of Alabama
  1971 - 1974
  BS Mechanical Engineering
  Activities and Societies: Pi Tau Sigma National Engineering Honorary Society Phi Sigma Kappa National Social Fraternity Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity
Experience
- Balch & Bingham LLP
  Aug 1996 - Apr 2000
  Manager of Information Systems
  Managed a data center and 5 servers.Supported over 350 users.IT Project ManagementManaged helpdesk operations.Supervised up to 7 direct reports.
- CBSI
  Jun 2000 - Dec 2001
  Manager of Information Systems
  Management of data center and 10 servers.Over 1,000 user accounts supportedResponsible for all data and telecommunications operations.IT Project ManagementSupported collection operationsManaged a Melita predictive dialer (autodialer).Supervised 3 direct reports.
- FIS
  Dec 2001 - Nov 2010
  Manager of Information Systems
  Over 12,000 user accounts supported through help deskSystem administration and security management for 22 servers: IBM iSeries midrange servers, MS Windows 2000-2003 server, Unix server.IT Project ManagementManagement of data centerSupported collection operationsManaged an Aspect/Davox predictive dialerSupervised up to 6 direct reports
- First Niagara Bank
  Aug 2011 - May 2013
  Technology Project Manager (contractor)
  Project Management activities for multiple data centers within First Niagara involving infrastructure technology projects (contracted through Lighthouse Technology Services). This assignment involved Managed Services migration activities involving multiple hardware platforms and applications.
- M&T Bank
  May 2013 - Aug 2014
  Project Manager (contractor)
  Project Manager (contractor) in the Technology area. Assignment involved infrastructure projects within M&T Bank.
- IBM
  Jul 2014 - Oct 2014
  Project Manager (contractor)
  Infrastructure and data center technology projects.
- HCL
  Oct 2014 - May 2015
  Consultant - Project Manager
  Responsibilities include Project/Program management involving IT infrastructure.
- Infinity Insurance
  May 2015 - Dec 2017
  Manager, Telecommunications & Business Recovery
  Manages enterprise telecommunications activities and projects for a major insurer.
- HCL America
  Apr 2018 - Nov 2019
  Sr. IT Project Manager
  Provides project management support for multiple projects involving infrastructure and solution development.
- Insight Global
  Dec 2019 - Aug 2021
  Sr. IT Project Manager
  Senior IT Project Manager supporting an array of global Telecommunications projects across a wide range of industries.
- KPG99 INC
  Aug 2021 - May 2022
  Senior Information Technology Project Manager
- Lennar
  May 2022 - now
  Information Technology Project Management
Licenses & Certifications
- ITIL Foundation
  Loyalist Certification Services
  Dec 2011
- Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC)
  SCRUMstudy - Accreditation Body for Scrum and Agile;Download Free Scrum Body of Knowledge(381 pages)
  Sept 2019
- Scrum Master Certified (SMC)
  SCRUMstudy - Accreditation Body for Scrum and Agile;Download Free Scrum Body of Knowledge(381 pages)
  Sept 2019